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- Date Released: July 11, 2000
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Soul/R&B
- Label: Manifesto Records / The Orchard
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This 18-song compilation is taken from three albums that Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded in the early '90s for Bizarre/Straight Records: Black Music for White People, Stone Crazy, and Somethin' Funny Goin On. While these albums contain some spirited performances, including the hysterical operatic version of "Ol Man River," they do not contain the fire or spontaneity of his classic '50s recordings. Some of the material may have been too sincere for Hawkins' style, such as the two songs penned by Tom Waits: "Ice Cream Man" and "Heart Attack and Vine." While "Ignant and Shit," "Shut Your Mouth When You Sneeze," and "Swamp Gas" swing in the opposite direction, proving the song titles funnier than the actual songs. Best of the Bizarre Sessions: 1990-1994 has its moments, but for a clearer glimpse of Hawkins original R&B theatrics which created such a stir in the '50s check out the Rhino compilation Voodoo Jive: The Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
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| 01. |  |
Swamp Gas |
4:38 |  |
| 02. | |
Voodoo Priestess |
4:53 | |
| 03. | |
Brujo |
3:51 | |
| 04. | |
I Am the Cool |
4:17 | |
| 05. | |
Ice Cream Man |
3:24 | |
| 06. | |
Fourteen Wives |
6:10 | |
| 07. | |
Heart Attack and Vine |
4:24 | |
| 08. | |
Somethin' Funny Goin' On |
3:09 | |
| 09. | |
Ignant and Shit |
6:02 | |
| 10. | |
Shut Your Mouth and Shit |
5:00 | |
| 11. | |
You Make Me Sick |
2:47 | |
| 12. | |
Just For You |
2:15 | |
| 13. | |
Give It a Break |
2:59 | |
| 14. | |
Stone Crazy |
2:26 | |
| 15. | |
Make You Mine |
2:36 | |
| 16. | |
I Want Your Body |
4:08 | |
| 17. | |
Upsettin' Me |
3:01 | |
| 18. | |
Ol' Man River |
6:09 | |
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Credits
- Octavia Bostick - Vocals (Background) // Robert Duffey - Producer // Dana "Potato Boy" Garrett - Saxophone // Mark Goldberg - Bass // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Piano // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Piano // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Piano // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Vocals // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Vocals // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Vocals // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Main Performer // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Main Performer // Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Main Performer // Mike Keneally - Guitar // Mike Keneally - Guitar // Mike Keneally - Guitar // Mike Keneally - Keyboards // Mike Keneally - Keyboards // Mike Keneally - Keyboards // Rik Shannon - Percussion // Rik Shannon - Drums // Rik Shannon - Vocals (Background) // Lisa Sutton - Art Direction // Batte - Engineer // Jim Monroe - Percussion // Jim Monroe - Engineer // Jeff Aafedt - Drums // Donna Gast - Vocals (Background) // Robbie Helm - Saxophone // Evan Cohen - Compilation Producer // Meredith Marshall - Vocals (Background)
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